Oct 22 Watch News Wrap: WikiLeaks Releases 400,000 Iraq War Documents In other news Friday, WikiLeaks released nearly 400,000 secret U.S. files on the Iraq war, counting more than 15,000 unreported civilian deaths. Also, Haiti is dealing with a deadly cholera outbreak. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Eric Lotz of Operation Blessing… Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch Edwidge Danticat on the Luxury of Creating Art Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat speaks with Jeffrey Brown about her earthquake-ravaged homeland, feeling guilty for having the time and security to create art and her new collection of essays, "Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work."… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch Clinton Gives Advice on Democratic Path to Victory Former President Bill Clinton spoke with Judy Woodruff Wednesday about what President Obama and Democrats must do to sell their message to voters this fall, what the Clinton Global Initiative plans to do to promote job growth in the U.S. Continue watching
Sep 14 Update: Haitian Amputee Gets New Leg, New Reason to Dance By Talea Miller When the NewsHour team first met George Exantus in Port-au-Prince we were immediately captivated by his story: a prize-winning competitive dancer, Exantus lost his right leg below the knee after he was pinned under rubble for two days in… Continue reading
Aug 25 Wednesday’s Art Notes By Molly Finnegan In today's arts and culture headlines, Wyclef Jean loses his bid to run for office in Haiti. Continue reading
Aug 06 Heads of State Who Harmonize If Wyclef Jean is elected president of Haiti, he'll join an ensemble of world leaders and politicians with a gift for melody. Here is a list of a few of the most harmonic handshakers. Continue reading
Aug 05 Rapper Wyclef Jean Files to Run for Haitian Presidency Grammy-winning recording artist and philanthropist Wyclef Jean has confirmed reports that he plans to run for president of his homeland of Haiti. On Thursday, he filed the paperwork to run at an electoral council office in Port-au-Prince. Jean, who said… Continue reading
Jul 29 Keeping Disease at Bay in the Camps of Port-au-Prince By Talea Miller The tent camps of Port-au-Prince have all the makings of disease breeding grounds; thousands of people living in temporary shelters, in very close contact, completely reliant on aid for clean water and sanitation services. But as the disaster response from… Continue reading
Jul 15 Port-au-Prince Maternity Clinics Pushed to Limit By Talea Miller It's nearly dusk in Port-au-Prince on a recent sweltering summer evening, and four women at the Health Center of Croix des Bouquets are in the early stages of labor. They are all expected to give birth by morning and will… Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch In Haiti, Mental Health Still a Concern for Many Quake Survivors In the last of his week-long series of reports from Haiti, Ray Suarez examines the mental health problems survivors are having following January's devastating earthquake. Continue watching